"I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it?"

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Maybe . . . because for the first time . . . there was a chance I could keep him,” I say. “So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me?” “Put you somewhere you can't get hurt.” And when he kisses me, people in the room actually sigh.

— Suzanne Collins